The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-09-15
IN TBE SWIM!
How Fancied Security is Often Fol-
lowed by Terrible Disaster.

OFF the western coast of Norway lies the
lite rocky island of MOskenes. 1t is inhab-
tied by few hardy fishermen who engage in
the cod and herring fisheries along the coast.
1t happened one day in the Spring Of 1885
that an old man and his grandson, lad Of ten
or dozen years, put out from the island in a
small boat, taking with them their fishing
tackle and lunch Of dried fish and oaten
cakes.
They row out some distance and secure
boat load of fish long before the returning tide
will allow them to land, so they eat the frugal
lunch and lay back on their oars to rest and
wait. The old man, weary with pulling the
heavy nets, is soon fast asleep. leaving the lad
to look to the safety Of the boat. For time
the sea is smooth, then light wind blows from
the west and the boat begins slowly but surely
to drift. Little bubbles and patches Of foam
appear on the surface of the dark water. The
breeze stiffens, and the boat, with steadily in
creasing speed, begins to move in an ever
narrowing circle. A sudden lurch alarms the
boy, and at the same time awakens the grand
father, who seizes the oar and pulls with the
strength Of desperation against the now madly
rushing waters, then the oars are wrenched
from his hands, the doomed fishing boat is for
moment dashed about with terrible velocity,
and then disappears forever in the awful vor-
tex of the great maelstrom!
1t is the same with the blood As it courses
around through the veins, it reaches every part
of the system in its healthy rush, seeking an
opportunity to discharge the waste and poison
Gus matter from every part of the system into
the natural sewers. This sewage matter is
carried by the blood to the kidneys, there to be
thrown off the same as in life the scavenger
would throw his sewage into the stream to rid
himself Of the vile substance.
And the blood has no other place but the
kidneys in which to throw off its waste matter.
Sometimes it finds the kidneys unprepared to
do this work. But the heart takes up the
blood and again passes it through the sys-
tenn, where once more waste matter is gathered
up the same as the sewers Of our cities gather
up such poisonous matter, to be discharged at
one grand point, and then be carried off.
Fancy the danger of such poisoned blood
coursing for years through the body
This process continues, the blood passing
through the kidneys and heart, removing the
impurities from So gallons of blood per hour, or
As barrels each day
Yet the unthinking procrastinator regards
the kidneys as of little Importance until they
are stricken down, when he finds himself so
far advanced in the vortex that there is but
little chance for him. In such emergencies
many have resorted to that great remedy, War
ner's safe cure to assist in putting these organs
in healthy condition, and have not rested on
their oars, trusting their life idly in the hands
of another when they can catch up the oars
before it is too late, and a few strokes would
put them safely beyond hopeless danger. A few
bottles of Warmers safe cure at the proper time
will restore the kidneys to health, thereby
enabling them to rid the system of the poison
Gus uric acid, which is liable in its corruption
to attack the weakest part of the system and
thereby break it down just as the little stream
at the mill-dam wears away the dam. increas-
ing the danger each hour, until at length it
becomes overtaxed and gives way, causing de-
struction TO those who a short time before
looked upon it as Of so little Importance, but
now contemplate the result Of their neglect
with horror.